PHS 11HB: SAT Vocab Lesson 7

Ms. Wezeman (United States of America)
List #22 of vocabulary words frequently encountered on the SAT and ACT. From Vocabulary Power Plus for the New SAT - Book III.
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  1. aggrandize
    embellish; increase the scope, power, or importance of
  2. apoplexy
    a loss of consciousness from the lack of oxygen in the brain
  3. bombast
    pompous or pretentious talk or writing
  4. deign
    do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
  5. earnest
    devout or heartfelt
  6. elicit
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  7. endemic
    native to or confined to a certain region
  8. expurgate
    edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
  9. flaunt
    display proudly
  10. mendacious
    given to lying
  11. obviate
    do away with
  12. orthography
    representing the sounds of a language by written symbols
  13. paleontology
    the earth science that studies fossil organisms
  14. panache
    distinctive and stylish elegance
  15. paroxysm
    a sudden uncontrollable attack
  16. patronizing
    characteristic of those who treat others with arrogance
  17. recoil
    spring back; spring away from an impact
  18. saturnine
    bitter or scornful
  19. sententious
    abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing
  20. shibboleth
    a favorite saying of a sect or political group
Created on Tue Oct 22 11:29:40 EDT 2013 (updated Tue Feb 21 08:09:57 EST 2017)

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